Trusses delivered - problems

TheMan419 · Oct 23, 2016

teejk said:
Just an observation...you most likely wanted a few buildings and hired a builder to erect them (I know a guy that tried it on his own and broke his back in the process...came off the roof in a light drizzle)...your GC most likely dealt with the truss people. IMHO, don't leave either of them off the hook until you get what you paid for. And a dirty little secret is that the cost of a truss is???...(hint...not much)...probably costs more to deliver than what is in the materials (that is the magic of trusses).

Oh no it is not over yet. However right now I need the GC on my side to get the problem solved. Then we can talk about what kind of a discount I want as a result.

teejk · Oct 24, 2016

TheMan419 said:
Oh no it is not over yet. However right now I need the GC on my side to get the problem solved. Then we can talk about what kind of a discount I want as a result.

Did you order the trusses on your own (would be rare IMHO...the people that build these things for a living have their own lingo and supply chain for trusses and steel) or is the truss supplier a sub of the gc? If the latter, stay out of any battle between the GD and sub. You contracted with the GC. Now in the rare instance where you contracted directly with the truss people for some reason, I dunno what to say...these structures get built pretty quickly but that requires a "turn-key" contract to avoid any finger pointing where you lose.

TheMan419 · Oct 24, 2016

teejk said:
Did you order the trusses on your own (would be rare IMHO...the people that build these things for a living have their own lingo and supply chain for trusses and steel) or is the truss supplier a sub of the gc? If the latter, stay out of any battle between the GD and sub. You contracted with the GC. Now in the rare instance where you contracted directly with the truss people for some reason, I dunno what to say...these structures get built pretty quickly but that requires a "turn-key" contract to avoid any finger pointing where you lose.

Nope I did not order trusses. I signed a contract with the GC to put up a building. They determined that building would need trusses and ordered them.

Talked to the GC today. They are having a meeting with me, the GC and a rep from the truss company on my property.

That is where the truss company will learn what I do for a living

(hit I know how to sue people).

Snobdds · Oct 24, 2016

I would not hesitate to put them up.

I built a cabin this summer and had to haul up wood for a month straight before I could build. I tarped everything the best I could, but water still got to some of the wood. I built the trusses for the roof myself and every piece of 2x8 has some warpage to it. I just trued them up and nailed them straight to the top plate as I went along. Once the plywood is over the trusses, a person would never know.

It's wood, a good carpenter can fix anything. Never have I ever built something where the wood wasn't wet for some period of time. It has never been an issue.

teejk · Oct 24, 2016

TheMan419 said:
Nope I did not order trusses. I signed a contract with the GC to put up a building. They determined that building would need trusses and ordered them.

Talked to the GC today. They are having a meeting with me, the GC and a rep from the truss company on my property.

That is where the truss company will learn what I do for a living (hit I know how to sue people).

Please don't use the "lawyer card" unless absolutely needed...it gives your profession a black-eye (sometimes needed, sometimes not...IMHO usually leans heavily towards the former). Fact of the matter is that if you hired an experienced pole-barn builder, they deal with "conditions" all the time. And from experience I can tell you that they do not like "warranty claims" (e.g. the guy that built my 56x30 shop explained why they no longer pre-drilled holes in the steel...turned out that the heat from the drill bit caused pre-mature failure). If you hired a qualified GC and they get a bad truss or two or three, they'll order new ones.

downsizingnow48 · Oct 24, 2016

Are you shifting to adversarial mode when others are still in "what happened" and "how to fix it" mode.

teejk · Oct 24, 2016

downsizingnow48 said:
Are you shifting to adversarial mode when others are still in "what happened" and "how to fix it" mode.

:thumbsup:

Citydude · Oct 24, 2016

downsizingnow48 said:
Are you shifting to adversarial mode when others are still in "what happened" and "how to fix it" mode.

quicksandfarmer · Oct 24, 2016

TheMan419 said:
Nope I did not order trusses. I signed a contract with the GC to put up a building. They determined that building would need trusses and ordered them.

Talked to the GC today. They are having a meeting with me, the GC and a rep from the truss company on my property.

That is where the truss company will learn what I do for a living (hit I know how to sue people).

You've got nothing to gain by attending that meeting.

/pine · Oct 24, 2016

Just my opinion/observation based on decades of experience with wooden trusses...and the information supplied by the OP...if the GC is more concerned about some mud or wet trusses than he is about the location in reference to the building...either the "mud" or low spot the trusses are in now is actually worse than originally described...OR...the GC is not very experienced with wood trusses...